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...recent interview, director John Hancock '61 and actor John Toles-Bey spoke about Weeds, their latest film. Soft-spoken Hancock chose his words carefully. Toles-Bey betrayed his background as a Venice Beach street performer with a quick and easy wit. Hancock was forthcoming on the subject of Weeds' portrayals of prisoners, women and Blacks, which some critics say enforce widely held stereotypes...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Stars and Bars | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

Fortunately, there's also a series of unusual supporting performances. John Tobles-Bey as Umstetter's sidekick Navarro is lively and especially effective in the comedy sequences. He's a vigorous, charming con man. Ernie Hudson, as tough-guy Bagdad, sings "The Impossible Dream" in a scene which absolutely mesmerizes. It's a spooky, lucid moment in a movie that is often confused...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Stars and Bars | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

With cunning and a left jab, the saw and hammer of a boxer, Larry Holmes held David Bey off last week when the latest heavyweight stranger looked strong enough to rip right through Holmes' oaken arms. For four rounds, the only undefeated-and-recognizable champion in the world seemed in awful danger. But when Bey began to fall back in the fifth and sixth, Holmes introduced his right hand, a savage tool, and started to make forceful points, how "this is a very, very hard game," and what "a hell of a job" they had. Later, Bey was able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Undefeated and Underappreciated | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

Just two seconds short of ten full rounds, a Las Vegas referee ended Bey's dream and Holmes' career. "It's been an exciting career for me," he said. "Let the history books record me, but I think I am a great fighter." So, as boxing understands the term, Holmes is forevermore retired, pending an offer to fight again. "If they pay me right, I'll be back one more time," he agrees, but there seems no one left to fight. After Bey, Bonecrusher Smith and Tim Witherspoon, it is hard to go back to ordinary opponents. Just two more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Undefeated and Underappreciated | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

...back to your job. Get back on that truck.' Now I own it." This was Holmes' 20th fight for his varied heavyweight titles, having switched alphabetical organizations in midstream, demonstrating that champions are really sanctioned by the public. "Just a little advice," he said, "to David Bey," who was leaning into an icepack nearby, looking younger than 28 and greener than 15 fights. "Try to be a champion outside the ring. I'm going out of this game. Someone has to take the weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Undefeated and Underappreciated | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

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